José Antonio Félix Ballesteros

Tech Lead & Software Engineer

Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

Tech Lead focused on backend, cloud infrastructure, and scalable system design. I lead a high-performing team shipping AI- and data-driven serverless solutions on AWS. Cloud-agnostic mindset, with a bias for clean code, performance, and developer experience.

Experience

Tech Lead · DD360

Oct 2024 — Present

Remote · Mexico City

  • Own architecture and technical direction for AWS serverless prop-tech products, leading a tech team through design reviews, IaC, and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Drove 5xx errors down ~80% (≈200 → ≈40/month) with end-to-end observability — Datadog dashboards, CloudWatch alarms, and AWS X-Ray distributed tracing across services.
  • Shipped Stripe-metered subscriptions and free trials behind A/B-tested pricing flows, lifting monthly revenue up to 25%.

Backend Developer · DD360

Aug 2022 — Oct 2024

Remote · Mexico City

  • Decomposed a Node.js/TypeScript monolith into 15+ serverless API stacks and 100+ Lambda functions spanning notifications, real-time experiences, and third-party integrations.
  • Designed an API-as-a-Product layer: API-key auth, per-organization access control, and usage-metered billing (~31k billable external calls/month).
  • Cut cold starts ~50% by trimming Lambda bundles from 6MB+ to <1MB through tree-shaking, dependency pruning, and bundler tuning.

Full Stack Developer · Everst

Jan 2022 — Jul 2022

Remote · Guadalajara

  • Built features across a React loan-application platform and an Angular admin dashboard, backed by Node.js services over SQL.
  • Integrated Veriff identity verification and remediated high-risk vulnerabilities — IDOR, access-control misconfigurations, and sensitive error disclosure.

Shopify Developer · Team54

Oct 2020 — Sep 2021

Remote

  • Built custom Shopify storefront sections in Liquid, JavaScript, and SCSS, wired into the Theme Editor for merchant-configurable layouts.
  • Converted Figma designs into responsive, pixel-accurate themes, shipping approved design to live store in 1–3 days.

Writing

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Stack

Cloud & Infra
  • AWS
  • Serverless Framework
  • Terraform
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Datadog
Backend
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • DynamoDB
  • Supabase
  • Stripe
Frontend
  • React
  • Next.js
  • JavaScript

Education

Software Engineering

Aug 2018 — May 2022

Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora · Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico